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‘Khartoum’ Review: Experimental Doc Poignantly Captures the Crisis in Sudan
A collective of Sudanese and British filmmakers collaborate with five residents from Khartoum to construct a kaleidoscopic document of identity, survival and hope.
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‘Girls on Wire’ Review: A Sensitive but Unsteady Portrait of Chinese Generational Trauma and Sisterhood
In Vivian Qu's third feature, two estranged cousins confront old wounds after they are reunited under dangerous and dramatic circumstances.
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‘The Gorge’ Review: Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller in an Apple TV+ Sci-Fi Romance That’s Too Sweet for Its Own Good
The actors play snipers tasked with guarding a mysterious ravine in this feature also starring Sigourney Weaver and directed by Scott Derrickson.
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Critic’s Notebook: In Sleek and Compelling Super Bowl Halftime Show, Kendrick Lamar Insists on Doing Things His Way
The Compton rapper's performance, which featured Samuel L. Jackson, SZA, Mustard and Serena Williams, vacillated between deference to and defiance of expectations.
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‘Move Ya Body: The Birth of House’ Review: In Compelling Music Doc, Elegance Bratton Explores a Genre’s Black Queer Roots
In his latest feature, which premiered at Sundance, the 'Inspection' director asks who gets credited for their contributions to American culture.
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‘Kinda Pregnant’ Review: Amy Schumer’s Netflix Comedy Is Kinda Dull
Will Forte and Damon Wayans Jr. also star in this feature about a woman who pretends to be expecting, after growing jealous of a friend who's having a baby.
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‘Bubble & Squeak’ Review: Himesh Patel and Sarah Goldberg Star in a Contrived Marriage Fable
In Evan Twohy's debut feature, a couple accused of smuggling cabbages into a fictional country where they are banned must travel through a fanciful woodland to evade authorities.
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THR Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2025
A sexy gay cruising thriller, an all-too-timely drama about post-wildfire recovery and a shocking doc about U.S. prisons are among our critics’ faves from the fest.
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‘All That’s Left of You’ Review: Cherien Dabis’ Drama Poignantly Traces Decades of Palestinian Displacement
In her third feature, which premiered at Sundance, the 'Amreeka' director tells a multigenerational story of a family expelled from Jaffa in 1948.
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‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: Kahlil Joseph’s Feature Debut Is a Kinetic Tribute to Black Experimentalists
Premiering at Sundance, the 'Lemonade' director's film blends a fictional Afro-futurist narrative, archival research, multimedia work and personal history.Â
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‘Opus’ Review: Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich Can’t Rescue This Celebrity Cult Horror Misfire
In Mark Anthony Green's debut feature, also starring Tony Hale, Juliette Lewis and Murray Bartlett, a young writer scores an invite to the remote compound of a legendary musician.
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‘Love, Brooklyn’ Review: André Holland, Nicole Beharie and DeWanda Wise Charm in Tender but Overly Broad Debut Feature
The actors play emotionally entangled Brooklynites in Rachael Abigail Holder film, which is executive produced by Steven Soderbergh.
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